Show normon nad gentile contractors 7 for three years past the task of d procuring supplies fur for the trompa in utah has been attended with difficulties such ns as few can call com comprehend not familiar by experience peri ence with the obstacles to be overcome and tile circumstances ortho of he situation located amon among 0 n people who did not di disguise se their hostility to the presence of national forces in in their midst who vica cd their coming coining with nan irest distrust and were be yond question merely quiescent fin in disloyalty the dondi condition tion was a J 13 0 of finlo limbo between a comma composed of friends and one af 6 f hii undisguised tj i enc enemies inies without tho ailio advantages advantage s of either illar could not be made freely HS as in the one case care nor forced conr levied as in in the other i the mormon leaders as usual I 1 most of this ibis state of af fairs fairsa 1 Scarcely were werd the troops located on the plateau near the city a least as soon as B Brig liam could put the thing in working order a pla plan n was inaugurated to 0 o compel those in ill the G government overn ment service ser rice to pay and purely arbitrary prices for nil all articles of necessary consumption maledict went forth forbidding alic sale pale of agricultural products product s except at a scale of prices fixed be beforehand forchand by the church chuich cormorants this wis was the first combination comb i to extort from tile the government ment and at alime when the hie ration nation could ill afford ex trava which came under our observation in utah and very na aurally a spirit of resistance 40 0 such outrage on the part of those in whose hands ands h were placed of the government ill m this territory 7 C gentile atile at eliat time waa 9 a nonentity here a and i nd a policy aras intended to foste foster r fiffi dr ato 0 w ath th b by the bestowal of judicious patronage as well as 19 by other means looking to the de dc velo of the matics but in ll 11 no instance were the obligations of any contract permitted to be C when it was ill in the power of mormon patriots to prevent it yle tle means used to compass this v end it is not necessary to rehearse they are arc familiar fj to all three year residents and ahat with tabernacle barr angues tithing office fiats and conventions were very generally successful to t 0 a degree the ried ri ed economy used in awarding contracts and of the dog in the manger policy odthe of the church between them generally left the of contractors on the wrong s side ide I 1 of the ledger but from recent dc it would mcern that I 1 tle the fraternity fra arc by no means di disposed to be content with a single di discomfiture as they return to tho charge most valorously and nd this ibis time evidently inspired with a determination to get even oh all former misfortunes tunes V with a perfect vengeance ven cance it would 0 seem that in attempt ing to encourage c an element dement in ill utah capable of coping with mor trion inon monopolies a 1 creature has been cevelo developed P ed if possible even insatiably f ous than eliat which was war sought rought to be crippled or deat deit coyed troyed no 10 commilla bombina set on foot by brigham your young to defraud the Govern government mea which Z has come under our cognizance wis was ever characterized by a more flagrant agrant ll violation olevery of every 0 pic cleof of fair dealing C than distinguished guis jed the raid recently attempt on oil I 1 the I 1 commissary depart I 1 rw bent V winch has bas furnished food for db comment nt not tile most flutter flatter ing during several days past alo wit whole ole was simply it waft wa ft direct effort choi l to defraud out of bouic forty dollus dollars more jorl or irma pas and was in every laras jaras reprehensible as anything df kind bind the have bave ey vcr r dope doll e tile the latter allowed shrewd wisdom which li we ive can not MA help belp to eimire i in holding R aloof from the an aru X ifal scramble N 9 said sid some lard wings against the he saintly sam aly leaders leader sure cro now 11 hard arde e aio hey were truo and whenever yve wo find others be they jew or gentile emulating their baseness wo we shall have the same weapons for them and behall not hesitate to use ilse them somehow it seems to bo be considered by many perfectly legitimate to plunder tile lie government we wc do not so so consider it and will not remain silent when we sec je if atten attempted apted A wholesome lesson should be given to these unscrupulous us gentry cn who hold to such a 1 mercenary creed and they almuly be t taught angl t that neither mormon convention ests nor ollier self would be c con 0 n t reactors trac tois of whatever ali name I 1 can form illegal 41 coni combinations bina to overreach the agents of irac thc government iyih without out incurring the penalties or practice t alic ic species of legerdemain loger demain ii recently 1 ess essayed ayed with imp impunity implicit linit ya men of strict integrity will not attempt such and those hose who do deed deserve serve to be look looked upon with suspicion biclon V by all with whom tl hey ley deal abobo rill nil should those who have hare future contracts to award take com counsel isel of this thia transaction and see sec that all engaged 0 therein be watched with a keen cv eye c here hereafter affer what what consideration is one class or creed entitled to more than another if not found more deserving all ali however widely they may diner differ in in their points of faith the greed of unlawful gain is cornmon common to them all rind and yon yen have but to show them the carcass when these creatures of pre bicy y wolf buzzard blizzard and Iture all flock and troop to the feast of carrion |